INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AREA(FREUD+BARON/COHEN)

INDIVIDUALS ARE UNIQUE: we should study what:

Makes us different

INDIVIDUALS ARE UNIQUE: individuals differ in their: __, __, __ and __

Biology, thoughts, behaviour, experiences

INDIVIDUALS ARE UNIQUE: when explaining why people behave the way they do, we need to look at:

How individuals are different

MEASURE PERSONALITY+DISPOSITION: behaviour is explained through __ __ __ and __

Unique individual personality, disposition

MEASURE PERSONALITY+DISPOSITION: Does not attempt to:

Argue any one factor is more influential than the other

MEASURE PERSONALITY+DISPOSITION: An individuals personality and unique factors have a greater influence on behaviour than the __ __

Current situation

MEASURE PERSONALITY+DISPOSITION: Individuals can be measured with ___

Psychometric

IDIOGRAPHIC APPROACH: emphasise the __ __ __ each individual has. Gathering lots of data to understand an individual, understanding how an individual behaves over time and in __ __ __

Unique personal experience, different social settings

IDIOGRAPHIC APPROACH: does not seek to __ __ __ or generalise results to others

Formulate universal laws

IDIOGRAPHIC APPROACH: use of __ __, unstructured interviews, __ __, __ __

Case studies, thematic analysis, qualitative data

PRACTICAL APPLICATION-

Intelligence testing

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES RESEARCH METHODS(3):

1. Case studies

2. Psychometric

3. Quasi experiments

STRENGTHS(3):

holism strengths, disposition strengths, psychometrics

WEAKNESSES(3):

qualitative data, disposition weaknesses, holism weaknesses